8 BOOKS DN THE LEOPARD 2 TITLE: THE RUNAWAY AUTHOR: SHEL ARENSEN PUBLISHER: WORDALIVE PUBLISHERS CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY A shaft of orange sunlight pierced the gloom of the forest and the light rested on Rod’s red ear and swollen face. He moaned. I put my hand on his shoulder. “Keep him breathing, Lord,” I prayed. The sun slipped away and darkness flooded the forest. My torch had dead batteries. I unzipped Rod’s backpack and rifled through his stuff hoping he had a torch. In the gloom I saw a small Bible. I flipped it open and a passport-size photo of a little African boy fell out. It must be Amos, I thought, putting the picture back in Rod’s Bible. I found a wind-up torch. I gave the plastic handle a few whirls and the light beamed bright. Within a minute it faded, but a quick twirl brought the light back again. “That’ll be a big help,” I said out loud, hoping the sound of my own voice would hold back the fear and loneliness of the dark forest. I found Rod’s box of matches and shook it. Not many matches left, but we needed a fire to keep warm and to ward off - what? Leop- ards, buffaloes, hyenas, rats that nibbled my toes? I hustled to gather some sticks to start a fire. CONTINUED TOMORROW CHILDREN’S CORNER JOIN THE DOTS AND COLOUR DAILY NATION Thursday July 9, 2015 QUIZ 1. Which road in Nairobi was once called Government Road? 2. True or False: Male rabbits are called bucks 3. Which actor (extra) in the movie Sanders of the River later became president of Kenya? 4. Which country’s flag is the only one that features a country’s map on it? 5. Which animals are also known as gnu? 6. What do the letters HB on a pencil stand for? WORD MAKER BY FELIX K. MAGEZI How many words can you make from the letters in the box below? The rules are simple: 1. Each word must start with the highlighted letter. 2. Each letter must appear only once. 3. No plurals 4. No verbs ending in ‘s’ 5. No words with hyphens or apostrophes SOLUTION . , * I - $ % & " JOKES If two’s company and three’s a crowd, what are four and five? Nine What is the last thing you take off before getting into bed? Your feet off the ground Can you name two days starting with T besides Tuesday and Thursday? Today and Tomorrow What is something you will never see again? Yesterday BY SHANNIQ MONICAH MUTHONI Score: 14 - very good 17 or more - excellent 7. Redykyulass was a comedy group composed of a trio - Walter Mong’are, Tony Njuguna and………………. 8. Which country is the world’s biggest producer of coffee? 9. According to the Bible who is the first Christian martyr? 10. The South American city of Brazillia is built in the shape of an…………….. BY BENARD ABUKI Answers: 1. Moi Avenue 2. True 3. Late President Jomo Kenyatta 4. Cyprus 5. Wildebeests 6. Hard Black 7. John Kiarie 8. Brazil 9. Stephen 10. Aeroplane Idea, Ideal, Idol, Ilea, Ice, Icon, into, ion, I do, idol, Inca, inca,